Penn Foster Group reviews

2.5

39% would recommend to a friend

(278 total reviews)

Kermit Cook

65% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

Penn Foster Group has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 278 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Penn Foster Group employee rating is 33% below average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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278 reviews
5.0
Apr 24, 2022

Great place with Opportunities

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are a lot of opportunities to learn and grow as the company grows.

Cons

Things are constantly moving and changing. You better be on your toes.

2.0
Apr 21, 2022

Sales

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible unlimited pto, and that’s it

Cons

Micro management, bad commission structure

1.0
Apr 13, 2022

Do not work here

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You might luck out and get one of the few decent managers that treats you like a person and not a number.

Cons

Typical company focused on quantity and not quality. Their actions to not match their words/values. They push out unfinished buggy content, no quality checking, and their managers (who are all hired as friends/previous co-workers or family/spouses of upper management) are inept and unqualified and do not care to fix their internal and external communication, content, and process issues. Their managers all need compassionate and competent leadership training, but CareerStep doesn't offer it, because they do not offer professional growth to their internal employees. Want fair pay? Don't look for that here. Like most companies these days they will report record profits and create new positions (for their friends), but justify every reason under the son to not offer livable (let alone thriveable) income to lower level/average employees. They pressure their sales reps (who they call Career Advisors in order to lure new customers into thinking they aren't sales reps and are instead some sort of life coach) like most companies to just sell, whether or not someone is a good fit to online learning, whether or not the product is good. Pressure them to give up their personal life time in order to capture commissions to make their wages livable. Other departments are no better and have the other issues listed above.

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